Lighting-fixture.



L. SCHEPMOES. LIGHTXNG FIXTURE.

AEPLIOATION FILED ocT. e, 1910.

1,039,822, Patented 0013. 1, 1912,

Arron y UNITED sTnTns PATENT ormon.

y,l'JIhl'DSlZIEY SCHEPMOES, 0F HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY, ASSIG-NOR TO THE SAFETY CAB HEATING & LIGHTING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW J ERSEY. l

LIGHTING-FLXTURE.

slecmcation of Letters Patent.,

l'o all whom it may Be it known that I, LINDSLEY SoHErMoEs, a citizen of the United States, residing in Hasbrouck Heights, county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, have, invented new and useful Improvements in Lighting-Fixtures, of which the following is a description. l

My invention pertains to that class of lighting fixtures vwherein it 4is desiredt'o. pro erly support asource of illumination vas or example an mcandescent lamp and xture throughout-'the operation of ren1ov' Y ing or re lacln shades and thus avoid the danger o detac able members becoming lost when shades are removed.

Another object of my invention is to provide a fixture with shade-en aging means which will cover and conceal om1n view the ordinary commercial lamp socket and read.-

ily permit of ornamental and attractive de-` gIIii the drawing Figure I is a cross section of one forml oflixture embodyin my 1nvention vshowing an incandescent ulb and socket in elevation as applied thereto. Fig II is an elevation of aportion of the fixture shown in Fig. I.

In the drawing, l'represents a wall plate for the support of my improved fixture which carrles the nipple 2, vinto which is screw-threaded the member? provided with 'the wire duct 4.registering with the bore of the nipple 2. `Member 8 has screw-threaded therein the supporting member 5 provided with a wire duct 6 register-in with the duct 4. Member 5 carries the or Aina com mcrcial lamp socket? with its wiring nipple registering with duct 6 as ludica-ted and adapted to carry the` usual bulb 8. Memberl 5 is provided-with a cylindrical shouldered portion 9 on which is fitted a Cylindrical.

light metallic'member l0, which 1s heldin place on the mem Aen -,5 as by screws 11.

Member 10 is provi ied iwith a screw-threading 'ngers indicated at 13 so shaped as to readily sprung over the flange 111 of the .shade l5 in such manneras to engage and hold the shade as will ,hereinafter more Patented oet. 1.1912. I

ed portion-l2and with a plurality of enga-gl plainly appear. Bonnet 16 is provided with an internal lthreaded portion adapted to t snugly upon the threaded portion 12 of the `member 10 and is carried thereby. Member 16 is provided' with an internal conical shaped wall asl indicated at v17 adapted to ress against the iingers 13 when said memer 16 is moved in a,d0wnward direction and so press the lingers against the shade as to hold the same firmly in place. The position ofthe member 16 is determined oby screwing the same in an vupward or downi;

ward direction upon` the thread 12 and the said member is provided with a flange ortion 18 which may be readily grasp'e by the hand for this purpose.

19 indicates slots or openings through which the screws v11 may readily be removed when the member 16 is in the tion shown in Fig. I.

The operation of my improved electric xture is substantially as follows :-Starting with the vshade in v'place and the various elements in the positions indicated in Fig. I, if: l

it be desired to remove the shade, flange 18 maybe grasped and the member 16 sore-' volved Vas to nuovel in an u ward direction upon the screw 12. Thiswi l move the conical surface 17 out of engagement with the fingers 13 and leave the same "free to be sprung in an outward direction so as to re-` ,f

lease the liange 1li-of the shade 15 and allow the same to be\ readily removed. Iff now, it is desired to replace the shade, the -flange 14 may be readily sprung into place, then if the `bonnet V16 be so ,revolved as to moved in a downward direction the conical surface 17 will come into contact with the fingers 13 and. crowd the same inwardly u on the flange 14 in such manner as will obviously hold the shade rmly i'n place.

I do lnot wish to limit myself to'the exact details' of construction shown in the accompanying drawing for the purpose of illdstration merely as it is\obvious thatfa wide.

departure'may be made in the details of con-A Istruction'without departing from` the spirit of my i(n enticn as is set forth in the follow- !ing cla'1ms:-

1. A .lighting lixture' having in combina-J tion means for supporting a source of illumination; and means for holding a shade in operative relation thereto, the latter means comprising a member having shade engaging means at its lower end, a threaded, portion above said means, and an internally threaded member surrounding and eoperating with said threaded portion and having at its lower end' means for acting upon said shade engaging means, whereby rotation of the said member will compress the engaging mea-ns so as to supporta shade.

2. A lighting fixture having in combinacion a member adapted to support a lamp socket; a member having Shade engaging means at its lower end, said member having a threaded portion above said shade engaging means; and an internally threaded member cooperating-with said threaded portion and capable of rotating thereon, said latter member having at its lower end on its inner surface means coperating With the shade engaging means to cause the latter to support a shade.

3. `A lighting fixture having in combination means for surrounding and supporting a lamp socket; a member surrounding said supporting means and the socket and secured Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the tion a supporting member;

to said supporting means at one extremity;

said member being (provided at the oppositie extremity with sha e engaging fingers and between the latter and its other extremity with a threaded portion ;A and an internally threaded actuating member cooperating with said threaded portion and capable of rotating thereon and having means at its lower end adapted to operate the shade engaging ingeis.

L1A lightingriixture having in combinaa shade supporting member secured to the supporting member and having its lower end formed into a plurality7 of resilient fingers; an actuating member surrounding said shade' supporting member, said two members having coperating means enabling one to rotate on and move longitudinally of the other; and said actuating member having at its lower end a single Wedge-shaped portion for cooperation with the resilient fingers and adapted to simultaneously compress the same to engage and support a shade.

LINDSLEY SCHEPMOES. Witnesses:

' JOHN T. CLARK,

E. E. ALLBEE.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

